
[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 32 (Thursday, February 16, 2012)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP12-52-000]


Southwest Gas Storage Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

    Take notice that on January 31, 2012, Southwest Gas Storage Company 
(Southwest), P.O. Box 4967, Houston, Texas 77210, filed a prior notice 
application pursuant to sections 157.205, 157.208, 157.213, and 157.216 
of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's regulations under the 
Natural Gas Act (NGA), and Southwest's blanket certificate issued in 
Docket No. CP99-230-000, to construct, replace, and abandon facilities 
at Southwest's Howell storage field in Livingston County, Michigan. 
Specifically, Southwest proposes to (1) drill dual horizontal wellbore 
extensions in two injection/withdrawal wells; (2) convert three 
injection/withdrawal wells to observation wells; (3) replace pipe 
associated with four storage laterals; and (4) abandon in place three 
storage laterals, all as more fully set forth in the application, which 
is open to the public for inspection. The filing may also be viewed on 
the web at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the 
docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number 
field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC at 
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call toll-free, (866) 208-3676 or TTY, 
(202) 502-8659.
    Any questions regarding this application should be directed to 
Stephen Veatch, Senior Director of Certificates and Tariffs, Southwest 
Gas Storage Company, 501 Westheimer Road, Houston, Texas 77056 or 
telephone (713) 989-2024 or fax (713) 989-1158 or by email 
stephen.veatch@sug.com.
    Any person may, within 60 days after the issuance of the instant 
notice by the Commission, file pursuant to Rule 214 of the Commission's 
Procedural Rules (18 CFR 385.214) a motion to intervene or notice of 
intervention. Any person filing to intervene or the Commission's staff 
may, pursuant to section 157.205 of the Commission's Regulations under 
the NGA (18 CFR 157.205) file a protest to the request. If no protest 
is filed within the time allowed therefore, the proposed activity shall 
be deemed to be authorized effective the day after the time allowed for 
protest. If a protest is filed and not withdrawn within 30 days after 
the time allowed for filing a protest, the instant request shall be 
treated as an application for authorization pursuant to section 7 of 
the NGA.
    Persons who wish to comment only on the environmental review of 
this project should submit an original and two copies of their comments 
to the Secretary of the Commission. Environmental commentors will be 
placed on the Commission's environmental mailing list, will receive 
copies of the environmental documents, and will be notified of meetings 
associated with the Commission's environmental review process. 
Environmental commentors will not be required to serve copies of filed 
documents on all other parties. However, the non-party commentors will 
not receive copies of all documents filed by other parties or issued by 
the Commission (except for the mailing of environmental documents 
issued by the Commission) and will not have the right to seek court 
review of the Commission's final order.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments, 
protests, and interventions via the Internet in lieu of paper. See 18 
CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's web 
site (www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-Filing'' link. Persons unable to file 
electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest 
or intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First 
Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.

    Dated: February 9, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-3653 Filed 2-15-12; 8:45 am]
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